3 hurt in vehicle collision north of Esparto

A portion of a northern Yolo County road had to be closed Wednesday morning while emergency crews extricated and then lifeflighted a motorist to a hospital following an accident.

The California Highway Patrol reported the accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on County Road 19, just west of I-505.

Hae Jung Cho, 61, of Millbrae was driving a 2006 BMW X3 on northbound I-505 approaching CR-19, according to the CHP, at the same time Tommy Saeteurn, 29, of Winton was driving a 2002 Acura TL on westbound CR-19, approaching I-505.

Cho exited I-505 at CR-19 and proceeded up the off-ramp to the intersection. However, Cho failed to stop at the stop sign as he made a left turn toward westbound CR-19, and directly into the path of the Acura.

Saeteurn was unable to avoid the BMW, causing the front of the Acura to collide with the right side of the BMW.

The traffic collision caused major damage to the involved vehicles and injured three people. Cho suffered complaints of pain and Saeteurn suffered complaints of pain, along with some minor lacerations. Both were taken by ambulance to Kaiser Hospital in Vacaville.

However, Ok Hon Kwak, a passenger in the BMW suffered multiple complaints of pain to both sides of her body, the CHP reported. The 59-year-old woman was airflighted to the UC Davis Medical Center via CALSTAR Air Ambulance. Her condition could not be immediately determined.

The CHP reported that to facilitate the transport of Kwak, CR-19 was closed for about 45 minutes in order to extricate Kwak and land the air ambulance on the CR-19 overcrossing.